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profound

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An adjective meaning exceptionally deep, intense, or far-reaching in thought, emotion, or meaning, touching fundamental truths.

Detailed Definition
In literary usage, profound can describe something deeply felt or extremely significant. Here it stresses how overwhelming the scale of the numbers is.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The scale of these numbers is truly profound” uses profound for immense intellectual significance; Scientific poetry can make profound numbers reveal cosmic distance; “The data’s profound pattern altered how she mourned,” joins analysis to feeling; A speaker may call a child’s simple question profound because it opens deep thought
Additional Notes
The word "profound" in the quoted line is a more literary adjective than everyday speech, so some readers may want its meaning.; Found in the poem, Face Time by Richard
Other Meanings of “profound”
Also Known As
Deep Meaningful Insightful
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